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v (No Model.) J. D. GOPPES.

A SKID HOLDER. No. 299,746. Patented June 3 1884.

WITNESSES V INVENTORL M 2; I ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI CE@ JOHN D. corPEs, OF NAPPANEE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF To FRA NK corrns, or s iME PLACE.

SKID-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,746, dated June 3, 188% To all whom it may concern.-

, and the invention consists ,of a device which is adapted to be hung on the end of a bolster v and supported on a wheel of a wagon, and is provided with projcctions,between which the end of a skid is to be placed to prevent it from slipping off the wheel, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is afront view of part of a wagon, showing my invention. Fig.

2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a, view of theskid-holder detached.

A indicates one of the bolsters of a wagon,

having a strap, B, of iron,secured to its upper surface, and provided with upturned ends 0. D is the skid-holder, consisting of an approximately V-shaped bar of iron, having a loop, E, at its apex, by which it is to be hung on one of the ends 0 of the bolster, and hav- Application filed January 7, 1884. (No model.)

ing its ends turned up to form projections F, between which the skid G is to be placed. The loop in the skid-holder is to fit closely over the end 0, to prevent the device from slipping about, and the under side-of the skidholder is to rest on the wheel H.

The construction of the skid-holder may be variously modified without departing from the spirit of my invention.

. What I claim is- 1. A skid-holder having means for attaching it to a part of a wagon, and provided with projections between which one end of a skid is to be placed, substantially as shown and described.

2. A skid-holder having an approximately V shaped form, and provided with a loop at its apex and with projections at its ends, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, with a wagon'bolster having means of attachment at its ends, of a skid holder adapted to be connected to said bolster and supported on a wheel of the wagon, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN D. COPPES. Witnesses:

CONRAD D. VOLKNANN, WILLIAM F. PEDnYooRD. 

